Hat setting or flanging machine



(No Model.)

G. ROTH. HAT SETTING 0R FLANGING MAGHINE.

No. 520,082. Patented May 22, 1894.

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GEORGE ROTH, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

HAT SETTING OR FLANGING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 520,082, dated May 22, 1894. Application filed February 6, 1892. S ial No. 420,534- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE ROTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New J ersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat Setting or Flanging Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to setthe brim of a hat, or to curve the same concavously on the under side as viewed in side elevation, with greater facility and neatness than can be done by the means heretofore in use and withoutthe exercise of the peculiar skill required of hand labor.

The invention consists in the improved hat brim setting machine and in the arrangements and combinations of parts substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally b embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which which like letters indicate correspondingparts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a plan of a flanging machine; Fig. 2 a side elevation of a setting machine and Figs. 3 and 4 are sections taken respectively on lines 1 and w, Figs. 1 and 2.

The construction shown in Figs. 1 and 4 may be considered as modifications of the invention shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

In said drawings, a. indicates an oblong frame having an oval aperture, b, therein to receive the hat body and at the opposite sides having inclined bearings against which side pieces having corresponding inclines are suitably held, the upper sides or surfaces of both the frame or body a and the side pieces a, 0, when viewed in side elevation as in Fig. 2 are concavously curved and project laterally outward and are curved or rounded to give the desired curl to the hat brim.

In the devices as employed in hat flanging, which is a species of setting the body is suitably arranged on a table without an elevating frame, cl, and the side pieces 0, c, are suitably held in place by pins 2, e, which are inclined to correspond with the inclines of the body, the said pins being properly secured upon the table f.

In the settingmachine the body or frame a is secured upon or forms a part of standards g, g, which are also provided with inclined hearings on which the. side pieces slide to and from their operative positions. 50

or pieces as will be understood. After plac- 7c ing the hat on said raised sections, the crown or body entering in between the same, said sections are lowered to a position in which t the upper surfaces correspond or coincide.

The side surfaces at the same time move outwardly and are brought closely under the curl and the brim as a whole is brought torest solidly upon the sectional flange or portions which provide the form on which the brim is pressed, on which it may be ironed or other- So wise manipulated. After the set is given to the brim the sections are again raised to admit of the hat being removed from the machine.

the hat on the flange after it is curled. The hat, being warmed until it is soft, is placed on the flange and cooled when it will have the desired shape of the flange. To flange a hat is to steam it and when soft it is pulled over 0 and tacked to the flange.

While the processes of flanging and setting vary somewhat and the machines also vary in minor details, I consider the said machines, so far as this invention is concerned, 95

one and the same. or equivalents.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is The improved machine for setting the curl in the brims of hats herein described, in Ice By raising the side 6 5 It may be stated that to set a hat is to put re lowered, and to be removed therefrom when said sections are raised with the hat, substantially as set forth. 7

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of January, 1

GEORGE ROTH.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, OSCAR A. MICHEL. 

